There are four distinct and fundamental phases from the moment it is decided Airport CDM may be of interest for your airport, through until full implementation. During the first Information Phase many organisational decisions need to be taken in order to gain support from all partners based on benefits.

In the second Analysis Phase more investigations can be conducted by having a Gap Analysis carried out by EUROCONTROL or independent consultants.

Once determined what needs to be done to implement Airport CDM successfully, airport partners may decide to perform a CBA in order to gain a better understanding of the foreseen benefits and investments.

When the decision to implement is positive, the Implementation Phase kicks-off. In this phase the concept elements are implemented one by one.

After the implementation of the concept elements, successful validation and operation of CDM elements is a pre-requisite in order to qualify for operational evaluation tests by Network Operations, before live operations with DPI transmission, and finally receiving the CDM Airport status.

Airport CDM checklist is available in the manual.